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Strategy for international cooperation in planning the Chinese Space Station
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
After ten years of planning and pre-development, the Chinese government approved the space station project on September 25, 2010. In October 2010, the People's Republic of China (PRC) officially announced its independent ...
The reference electrification model : a computer model for planning rural electricity access
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Despite efforts from governments and other organizations, hundreds of millions of people-primarily in Africa and South Asia-still have no electricity service. Electrification efforts have historically been focused on ...
Minigrids for electrification : policies to promote industry growth
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
The International Energy Agency estimates $331 billion dollars will be invested over the next 12 years to provide energy access to the 1.1 billion people who currently lack access to reliable electricity service. Of the ...
Exploring design based wilderness education : a pedagogy to develop design thinking, an engineering science worldview, and leadership capacity
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
This study explores the experience of students during the implementation of a design-based wilderness education curricula. I introduce the concept of a curriculum that combines the pedagogies of design-based learning and ...
Interdependency of electricity and natural gas markets in the United States : a dynamic computational model
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Due to high storage costs and limited storage availability, natural gas is generally used as a just-in- time resource that needs to be delivered as it is consumed. With the shale gas revolution, coal retirements and ...
An analysis of how climate policies and the threat of stranded fossil fuel assets incentivize CCS deployment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
To be on track to stabilize climate change, scientists estimate that up to two thirds of global coal, oil, and natural gas reserves will need to remain stranded in the ground. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the only ...
A comprehensive computer-aided planning approach for universal energy access : case study of Kilifi, Kenya
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
In 2009, it was estimated that 1.4 billion people in the world lack access to electricity, and approximately 2.7 billion people rely on biomass as their primary cooking fuel. Access to reliable electricity and modem forms ...
Evaluating upstream supply chain disruptions with partial availability
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Globalization, outsourcing, and the emphasis on lean supply chains continue to shape the supply chain industry. These trends have increased the prevalence and severity of disruptions to upstream supply. Disruptions to ...
Enhanced engine mechanical efficiency through tailoring of lubricant formulations to localized power cylinder wall conditions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Numerical and experimental studies were performed on an internal combustion engine power cylinder wall's lubricating oil film in order to assess the possibility of tailoring engine lubricants to specific engine configurations ...
The intergenerational ethics of climate change : the failure of cost-benefit analysis as a normative framework
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Climate change generates a conflict between generations: while it is in the interest of the current generation to continue to exploit inexpensive carbon-based fuel to drive economic growth, it is in the interest of future ...